Reading and Spelling News
Unit 3
Assessments will cover High Frequency Words beginning the first semester and throughout the
year. Spelling words will be assessed weekly. Test will be on Friday.
--------------------------------------------------------Story: An Egg is an Egg
Week of: Nov. 26
Word Family/Skill:
(y) as long (i) and long (e)
High Frequency Words: always, become, day, everything, nothing,
stays, things, bit, tower, grew, sunset, night
Word Wall Words: day, my, thing, very, why
Spelling Words:
my
by
try
any
body
fly
cry
lucky
silly
puppy
day
thing
very
why
egg
---------------------------------------------------------Story:
Ruby in Her Own Time
Week of: Dec. 3
Word Family/Skill:
(-ng) and (-nk) endings, compound words
High Frequency Words: any, enough, ever, every, own, sure,
were, mother, precious, father, flew, feather, beautiful
Word Wall Words: am, girl, quit, with, you
Spelling Words:
bring
trunk
pink
bank
sang
wing
rink
blank
rang
sunk
am
girl
with
you
quit
---------------------------------------------------------Week of: Dec. 10
Story:
Jan’s New Home
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-es)- (catches) and plurals (-es)-(buses)
r controlled vowels (or) and (ore)
High Frequency Words: away, car, friends, house, our, school,
very, window, toys, move
Word Wall Words: car, friend, house, of, school
Spelling Words:
fix
fixes
class
classes
wish
wishes
kiss
kisses
bus
buses
car
friend
house
of
school
Week of: Jan. 7
Story:
Frog and Toad Together
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-ed), (-ing) and r controlled (ar)
High Frequency Words: afraid, again, few, how, read, soon, rain,
ground, head, shouted, shouting
Word Wall Words: favorite, how, kick, look, talk
Spelling Words:
ask
asked
plan
planned
help
helped
jog
jogged
call
called
favorite
how
kick
talk
look
---------------------------------------------------------Story:
I’m a Caterpillar
Week of: Jan. 22
Word Family/Skill:
(r) controlled vowels -(ir/ur/er)
and contractions (‘s)
High Frequency Words: done, know, push, visit, wait, caterpillar,
crawl, chrysalis, pupa, shiver
Word Wall Words: after, brother, can’t, sister, tell
Spelling Words:
her
first
bird
girl
burn
were
shirt
fur
hurt
sir
after
brother
can’t
sister
tell
---------------------------------------------------------Week of: Jan. 28
Story:
Where Are My Animal Friends?
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-er), (-est), (-dge)
High Frequency Words: before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won’t,
spring, warm, goose, raccoon
Word Wall Words: boy, do, from, night, won’t
Spelling Words:
bigger
biggest
faster
fastest
slowest
shorter
shortest sadder
boy
do
from
won’t
slower
saddest
night